Vulnerability in Wordpress
CVE-2014-9034
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before 3.9.3, and 4.x before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password that is improperly handled duri…
EPSS: 0.802 (99.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wordpress — versions 3.8, 3.8.1, 3.8.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- DSA-3085 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- [oss-security] 20141125 Re: WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- 1031243 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- MDVSA-2014:233 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9034?
- CVE-2014-9034 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-19. Published 2014-11-25.
- Is CVE-2014-9034 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.